Plea for Gripe Water!!!

flogen

From what my family have been telling me, the lovely Gripe Water is no longer available in Ireland for some odd reason or another, but is in the UK... I figure that it must still be available in this country somewhere, God knows where, but somewhere... failing that online.

So, can anyone help me track down gripe water that won't involve a short flight to the UK? I'm living in Dublin, so anywhere in the city that sells it would be great, or a good website that delivers to Ireland (and is a good price!) would be just as good.

Many thanks!

nesf

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Woodwards-Gripe-Water-150ml-Bottle_W0QQitemZ7769638260QQcategoryZ121627QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Winters

Afaik, and Im not 100% sure who, who or when I heard this. But they havnt got any stock in due to some sort of distributer problem. Dont know when its going to be fixed.

Used to love that stuff when I was a kid tbh

lostexpectation

what is gripe water?

funk-you

my sister had the same problem a couple of weeks ago, she had to get my girlfriend to pick some up when she was in belfast. See can you find any shops up there that'll deliver.

-Funk

Zaph

I too loved that stuff when I was a kid. It used to have alcohol in it, does it still? If you get your hands on some I hope you're not going to waste it on a kid

Sparky

I loved gripe water, jesus I'd drink the bottle if I could.

xzanti

lostexpectation wrote:

what is gripe water?

Its a type of liquid sedative for infants afaik... put it on their dummies to knock them out I think it also sooths collic

onemanband

A lot of the chemists in newry have it. Boots in the quays shopping centre for example. 1 hour from dublin with the new dundalk bypass open.

Saintly

My sister had the same problem when my nephew was born. Cue, my brother buying a ridiculous amount of gripe water in Heathrow! Anyhow, she managed to eventually find an alternative, it's a small pot thing that my nephew guzzled up, I will track down the name later..

Saintly

Cake Fiend

Ha, I used to drink that stuff by the bottle when I was a toddler! My parents had to put a lock on the press it was kept in to stop me climbing up and getting at it.

nesf

Sico wrote:

Ha, I used to drink that stuff by the bottle when I was a toddler! My parents had to put a lock on the press it was kept in to stop me climbing up and getting at it.

Same with me. Couldn't get enough of that wonderful, wonderful gripe.

Sam Vimes

dunnes sells gripe water. nappy lane. at least they did when i worked there two years ago

chrismon

mmmmmmm gripewater

lostexpectation

xzanti wrote:

Its a type of liquid sedative for infants afaik... put it on their dummies to knock them out I think it also sooths collic

they have a sweet tasting sedative the babies drink by the bottle???

simu

Wow, so many wonderful memories!

May it soon be back on our shop selves!

flogen

After doing the rounds it looks like the Irish Medicines Board took it off the market in Ireland, not sure why exactly (as the alcohol version was replaced by a non-alcoholic version a year or two before it disappeared).

Surely it can't be bad for people, look at all of us Gripe Water babies, there's nothing wrong with us... oh, wait...

My sister was speaking to someone she works with about looking for Gripe water, and she mentioned that when she was a kid, they'd all kneck a bottle of it before they went into the discos ; not only would you be wasted, you'd also have zero wind complaints!

Ozeire

Hi All

I'm having the same problem with my baby girl. My wife’s parents said they used Gripe Water and was great help .

Was removed from shelves in Ireland b/c of an EU directive that it contained alcohol.

Have looked around and the UK and Northern Ireland still stock it. Boot in any city in the North or England will have it.

http://www.boots.com/guidedsearch/newsearch.jsp?searchArea=1&searchTerm=GRIPE+WATER+&Go.x=34&Go.y=6&uri=%2Fonlineexperience%2Fflexible_template_2006_publish.jsp&classificationId=1043920&contentId=&articleId=&N=0&Ntk=all&Nty=1

I also came across another forum that advised that they found

WELEDA - Chamomilla 3X

http://www.weleda.co.uk/categories/name/teething-colic

To be better than the new gripe water.

Also that Dr Brown Colic bottles were great
http://www.edirectory.ie/ir/10000/moreinfoa/d/dr+brown+feeding+bottle+twin+pack/pid/1649197

http://www.bubblebaby.ie/shop-Bottles-51-32.html


Hope some of this helps .

Regards

Alan

delly

2006

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> 2008

And still the elusive gripe water is hard to find.

Karoma

Thank you Alan. If anyone requires the information, that'll help + there's some more info in the Parenting forum (Do a search. If a new thread is required, start a thread there please).
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